Verstehen

American  

[fer-shtay-uhn] / fɛrˈʃteɪ ən /

noun

1. Sociology. the research practice of seeking to understand the actions of the people one studies by seeing them from their own perspective.

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Example Sentences

I kept a discreet silence, thinking he would not notice, but he suddenly turned on me and said, "Verstehen Sie wohl—Ja?"

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy

Wenn haber man kann nicht meinem Rede Verstehen, so werde ich ihm sp�ter dasselbe uebersetz, wenn er solche Dienst verlangen wollen haben werden sollen sein h�tte.

From A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 by Twain, Mark